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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Chalky...But in a good way!

Hi
lovelies! I don't really have a lot to say today but sometimes that's
a good thing! Gives you a chance to put your ear down on the ground
for a bit and just listen. Appreciate the things around you. Like
appreciating a ramble free day from me! See, bonus!

Today's
mani is a mani that I did last year when a few brands came out with
the whole Chalkboard trend, which was basically matte pastel polishes
over matte black polish. I actually really like the whole trend but
what if you don't want to buy matte pastel polishes? Especially if
the bottle only comes with a striping brush! So I went for the next
best thing...matte topcoat!

I
started out by laying a base coat of black using WOW Nail Polish
#393. On the nails. I then made a variety of colored flowers and dots
using China
Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le
(blue), China
Glaze Spontaneous
(purple), OPI
If You Moust, You Moust
(pink), Sinful
Colors Open Seas
(green) and Tip
Top Lemon Fuel
(yellow).

To
give it the whole Chalkboard look, I just added a coat of China
Glaze Matte Magic Top Coat
to finish it off.

Okay,
so most of the colors I used aren't exactly “pastels” but I still
think it came out looking pretty damn cute! All this means is I'm
just going to have to buy some pastel polishes in the future. We now
see it's a necessity! PRIORITIES PEOPLE!

If you would like me to swatch any of the colors you saw in today’s post, please let me know via email or drop me a comment below. More than willing to oblige!